About

Tom Eshelman

Author and producer Tom Eshelman was born in Honolulu and raised on the Big Island of Hawaii where he first learned of the Kona Diaries story.

Tom has long been collecting photographs and stories relating to Hawaii. Recently retired as a radiologist, he can now devote considerable effort into the telling of this special story. He asks that those with special memories and stories of the time period 1930-1960 submit those thoughts to us in the contact section, where some of these submissions may be used in this project.

Meagan Casavant

Tom's granddaughter, Meagan Casavant, was born in Canada, north of Montreal. She moved to North Carolina with her parents, Gilles and Christine, in 1994. Meagan has developed a keen interest in the Kona Diaries story. She is helping with research and is of considerable help in moving the story along.

Andrew Muir

Andrew Muir, a talented Canadian creative writer, was instrumental in getting this project off the ground with contribution of initial chapters.

Andrew has worked with various advertising and design agencies, directly with client companies’ CEOs and senior managers, to produce dozens of strategies, ad campaigns and strategic communications products including direct mail campaigns, commercial Web sites and collateral materials.

Mikki Blaes

This web site was designed by the Gordon Group in Ottawa, Canada but is now maintained by Mikki Design. Mikki Blaes, who lived on the Big Island of Hawaii for 15 years, skillfully and seamlessly maintains this site.